Stockton declared Chapter 9 in 2012. The city argued that if it didn't stop paying some bills, chaos would have ensued. At the same time, 23 percent of workers on the city's payroll in 2013 earned more than $100,000. That's down from 2010, when about 30 percent of Stockton's employees filled that group of top earners. Use the database below to see the base salaries and gross pay figures for workers in each city department.

• Database includes positions that grossed $100,000 or more in pay in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

• Pay figures do not include benefits.

• Differences in base pay and gross pay could include payouts of unused vacation and sick leave at retirement, overtime, furlough, add pays (for certifications, advanced degrees and other reasons) or other factors.